Bhagavad Gita 18.51
Sanskrit
Transliteration
śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha
Synonyms
buddhyā: with the intelligence;
viśuddhayā: fully purified;
yuktaḥ: engaged;
dhṛtyā: by determination;
ātmānam: the self;
niyamya: regulating;
ca: also;
śabda: ādīn — such as sound;
viṣayān: the sense objects;
tyaktvā: giving up;
rāga: attachment;
dveṣau: and hatred;
vyudasya: laying aside;
ca: also;
vivikta: sevī — living in a secluded place;
laghu: āśī — eating a small quantity;
yata: having controlled;
vāk: speech;
kāya: body;
mānasaḥ: and mind;
dhyāna: yoga - paraḥ — absorbed in trance;
nityam: twenty-four hours a day;
vairāgyam: detachment;
samupāśritaḥ: having taken shelter of;
ahaṅkāram: false ego;
balam: false strength;
darpam: false pride;
kāmam: lust;
krodham: anger;
parigraham: and acceptance of material things;
vimucya: being delivered from;
nirmamaḥ: without a sense of proprietorship;
śāntaḥ: peaceful;
brahma: bhūyāya — for self-realization;
kalpate: is qualified .;
English Meaning
Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little, who controls his body, mind and power of speech, who is always in trance and who is detached, free from false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger, and acceptance of material things, free from false proprietorship, and peaceful – such a person is certainly elevated to the position of self-realization.
Life Theme
Duty and Surrender
Life Application
Doing one’s best in responsibilities while accepting outcomes gracefully.